ZIP Code 11436 — Jamaica, New York

The median home in 11436 is valued at $602,800 against a median household income of $86,104, a price-to-income ratio of 7.0. That is far above the 2.9 median across the 1,572 New York ZIP codes with published housing data, and well past the 3.0 ratio that marks an attainable market nationally, so buying here on a local median income requires substantial savings or a second income. Within Queens County, 11436 ranks 22 of 60 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 7.8. Renting takes 29.0% of median household income (median rent $2,079 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

11436 ranks 658 of 1,572 statewide on median household income and 297 of 1,572 on median home value; its income is in line with the $89,084 Queens County median. 65% of households own their home, below the 80% statewide ZIP median, making this a majority-owner ZIP. 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, below the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 12.4%, above the 9.9% statewide ZIP median. Unemployment stands at 6.8%.

With 26,705 residents per square mile across 0.8 square miles of land, 11436 is far denser than the statewide ZIP median of 197 (rank 112 of 1,572). This is apartment-district density: expect multi-family housing, transit access and little single-family stock.